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Playing in the Shelby County 10-and-under girls’ fastpitch league, the two Henry County teams filled the top two spots in the regular season and faced off in the season-ending tournament to dominate league play.

After the season-ending tournaments two weeks ago, the Mets won the Henry County Youth Baseball League Major League division and the Red Sox won the HCYBL Minor League division. The Mets 5-3 win over the favorites Yankees in the championship game was a shock to most, while the Red Sox 14-2 win over the Reds in the finals for the younger players showcased the dominance they showed all season.

Eminence’s TJ Cooper capped off his high school athletic career with an 11th-place finish at the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Track and Field Championship.

Competing in the smaller Class A competition at the University of Louisville on Saturday morning, Cooper cleared 5-foot-8 in the high jump, knocked off the crossbar on three attempts at 5-10 and tied with five other jumpers for 11th in the state.

For the full story, see this week's Henry County Local, available on newsstands across the county.

Eminence’s baseball and softball teams were eliminated in the opening round of district tournament play. Henry County’s baseball and softball teams were knocked out in the first round of regional play. And both the Eminence and Henry track teams wrap up their seasons at the state meet later this week. The high school postseason is dwindling down.

A season marked by Sedrick Williams taking over the Henry County track program and the athletes qualifying for the state meet in a school-record 11 events came to an end last Thursday night at the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Track and Field Championship.

At the same time that the Shelby County High School softball team edged past Grant County 8-6 last Thursday night in the 8th region finals, the Shelby baseball team was battling with Anderson County in a more-than-four-hour thriller that lasted 11 innings and ended with Shelby on top 10-9.

Both Shelby teams escaped on Carroll County’s fields to win the titles and will now represent the region in the state tournament.

For the full story, see this week's Henry County Local, available on newsstands across the county.

The Henry County baseball team’s winning season hit an ending point on Monday night as the Wildcats took a 6-1 loss to Oldham County in the first round of the 8th Region tournament.

After starting with an early-season 2-8 record, the Cats stepped up their play down the homestretch to even up their record and move ahead of the .500 mark. They finished second in the 31st District tournament to earn a berth into the regional tournament, then lost to Oldham in the opening round for a 16-14 record.

And just like that, it was over. With a single fall, history was altered and the final chapter was written to one of the best Henry County High School athletes.

The story of Brittany Crawford had no state titles, but it did have plenty of feel-good moments with some blazing results that included school records, numerous wins and two second-place finishes against the best in the state. The one race she wanted so badly to win, she did not even get the chance to finish.

For the full story, see this week's Henry County Local, available on newsstands across the county.

Each year since the Henry County softball team made the switch from the 30th District to the 31st District in the state’s 2006 realignment, the Ladycats have won the district title. This year was no different.